Ultrasound chest at Jersey City Medical Center
355 Grand St, Jersey City, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1689744856
$171.22
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$824.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$38.03 with Wellpoint vs $747.94 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Wellpoint | NJ Family Care | $38.03 | ↓ -78% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $57.40 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | PPO | $84.15 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | HMO | $84.15 | ↓ -51% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $102.96 | ↓ -40% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $102.96 | ↓ -40% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $102.96 | ↓ -40% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $102.96 | ↓ -40% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $109.09 | ↓ -36% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $109.09 | ↓ -36% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | $123.67 | ↓ -28% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $125.23 | ↓ -27% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $125.23 | ↓ -27% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $125.23 | ↓ -27% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $125.23 | ↓ -27% |
| Humana | Medicare | $125.23 | ↓ -27% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $125.23 | ↓ -27% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $127.73 | ↓ -25% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $143.22 | ↓ -16% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $143.22 | ↓ -16% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $157.85 | ↓ -8% |
| Cigna | PPO | $157.85 | ↓ -8% |
| Cigna | HMO | $157.85 | ↓ -8% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $177.09 | ↑ +3% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $177.09 | ↑ +3% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $227.25 | ↑ +33% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $231.62 | ↑ +35% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $237.94 | ↑ +39% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $248.93 | ↑ +45% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $249.21 | ↑ +46% |
| First Health | Commercial | $494.40 | ↑ +189% |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO/WC | $582.56 | ↑ +240% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $690.67 | ↑ +303% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $747.94 | ↑ +337% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Ultrasound chest at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $154.66 | $29.39 – $251.30 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $208.29 | $57.40 – $238.62 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $170.89 | $57.40 – $231.28 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $81.54 | $57.40 – $237.43 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $204.75 | $30.25 – $238.62 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $180.29 | $57.40 – $234.22 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $117.70 | $98.19 – $295.04 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $125.23 | $52.03 – $337.00 |